Hi Mika, As I understand it the command is new in Lion and is designed to make it easier for you to activate the recovery partition. I have never heard the command-r while powering on mentioned before the release of Lion.
Doug On 2011-07-27, at 2:12 PM, Mika Pyyhkala wrote: > Thanks Doug, just curious, is this command-R key new or has it been > around with SL? > In other words would you use the same command-R to boot off a SL dvd > on a mac that did not have Lion? > Best, > Mikab > > On 7/27/11, Doug Lawlor <doug.law...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Just hold down command-r while powering on and the recovery partition will >> come up. >> >> Doug >> >> On 2011-07-27, at 11:24 AM, Mika Pyyhkala wrote: >> >>> Can anyone also please post the key sequence to boot up the machine >>> and bring up the Lion partition? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mika >>> >>> On 7/27/11, Dan Roy <droy1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> The problem is, when you boo from that partition, the window chooser >>>> isn't >>>> available. VO does work, but, it's a subset of the normal features. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 27, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>>> >>>>> Try pressing control option f2 to open the window chooser menu, that >>>>> usually will allow you to select the window you need. >>>>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 7:49 PM, Dan Roy wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I want to do a fresh install of Lion. I did the upgrade, but, as I >>>>>> mentioned on the list before, I am having a few problems. I am >>>>>> thinking >>>>>> a clean install might straighten it out. My problems seem to be >>>>>> unusual >>>>>> enough where I feel like something might have gotten corrupted during >>>>>> the >>>>>> upgrade or maybe even before. >>>>>> >>>>>> anyway, I am able to boot to the Lion partition with no problems. >>>>>> However, when I get to the part of the install where you have to put in >>>>>> your apple ID, apparently, that window is opening in the background. >>>>>> Since we don't have access to all the voiceover features, I can't seem >>>>>> to >>>>>> focus on that window in order to put in my ID. I was able to shut off >>>>>> vo, and by tapping the trackpad randomly, I was able to get it to the >>>>>> foreground once. However, I can't do it again. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am wondering if anyone has discovered another, more reliable way of >>>>>> getting it done? >>>>>> >>>>>> I am assuming that burning a CD would result in the same problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> If anyone has an idea of how to get around this,I would appreciate >>>>>> knowing about it, thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups >>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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